The Very Best of Rod Stewart [Mercury]

by Rod Stewart

Overview

With his Sam Cooke phrasing and rough-as-sandpaper voice, Rod Stewart has been both brilliant ("Maggie May") and shameless ("Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?") during his four-decade career, and if he now seems well past his sell-by date, there's no denying that his distinctive voice is a pop culture wonder. This uneven best-of collection drawn from Stewart's often striking Mercury Records era (1969 to 1972) lacks key tracks like the epic "Every Picture Tells a Story," although it does have Stewart's wise cover of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe," the wonderfully ragged "Cut Across Shorty," and, of course, "Maggie May." This will do for casual fans, perhaps, but why not just go ahead and get his four Mercury albums in their entirety for even more fun? ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/2000
Label:	Mercury
UPC:	0731455887327
Rank:	262454

Tracks

1. Maggie May
2. Country Comforts
3. Street Fighting Man
4. You Wear It Well
5. Mandolin Wind
6. Cut Across Shorty
7. Man Of Constant Sorrow
8. Twistin' The Night Away
9. Find A Reason To Believe
10. It's All Over Now
11. Angel
12. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
13. I Know I'm Losing You
14. Handbags And Gladrags
15. True Blue
16. Oh No Not My Baby
17. Farewell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rod Stewart   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Gerry Goffin   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
Elton John   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Wayne P. Walker   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Shirley Jean Womack   Composer
Bobby Womack   Composer
Cornelius Grant   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Rod Stewart   Arranger,Composer
Tim Hardin   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Ron Wood   Composer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Martin Quittenton   Composer
Bernie Taupin   Composer
Michael d'Abo   Composer